It was a momentous week as the four surviving amateur bakers battled it out for a place in the final. They had to prove their worth with baklava, French entremets and rise to a technical challenge that involved grilling 20 wafer-thin layers of cake.

The Bake Off tent was hotter than a freshly fried doughnut as Chetna, Luis, Nancy and Richard tackled the first round, baklava. Traditionally made with filo pastry and chopped nuts, and soaked in honey, Chetna asked: “who makes filo?” Nobody does. Everyone buys it, right?

Chetna then surprised the judges with her announcement that she was making chocolatebaklava! Whaaat? Paul was shocked to his very core: we could see it as his twinkly eyes twinkled in a shocked (but twinkly) manner.

Luis’ bakes looked amazing with its flower design but Paul (again) questioned whether they were baklava at all. Richard (and his pencil) had his flavours bang-on, and Nancy’s were on the pale side. It’s OK though, as fancy Nancy decided that she "doesn’t like baklava."

On to the penultimate showstopper (sniff), and it was all about Frenchentremets (the fancy mousse layered treats you'd see in a posh patisserie window) and the baking benches were a hotbed of jellies, mousses and glazes. Richard's polka dot sponge for his grapefruit creations set a high design standard, Luis' were "beautiful", Nancy's chocolate glaze was, well, more of a sugar soup, and Chetna crumbled.